Rykene
Encyclopedia
Rykene is a village in the municipality of Arendal
(with a small portion overlapping into the neighboring municipality of Grimstad
) in Aust-Agder
, Norway
. Its total population (2009) is 652, with 14 of those people living in Grimstad. Rykene is located along the Nidelva
river about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the city of Grimstad and the same distance south of the city of Arendal.
The local sports team is Rygene IL
.
Arendal
is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...
(with a small portion overlapping into the neighboring municipality of Grimstad
Grimstad
is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Other notable places in Grimstad include Eide, Fevik, Fjære, Landvik, Prestegårdskogen, Reddal, and Roresanden.It is...
) in Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder
is a county in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is . The administrative center of the county is in Arendal....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Its total population (2009) is 652, with 14 of those people living in Grimstad. Rykene is located along the Nidelva
Nidelva (Aust-Agder)
Nidelva in Aust-Agder is the main river in the Arendal drainage basin. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers, Nisserelva and Fyreselv. The river flows into the Skagerak at Arendal. The total length of the system is , the watershed covers...
river about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the city of Grimstad and the same distance south of the city of Arendal.
The local sports team is Rygene IL
Rygene IL
Rygene Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Rykene, Aust-Agder. It has sections for association football, team handball and Nordic skiing.It was founded on 23 November 1933 as Rygene AIL, and was a member of the Workers' Confederation of Sports...
.